| Announced athlete | Qualified |
| World Championships 2014 - 5 |
| --. Zhu Qinan |  China | Zhu Qinan |
| --. Sehiy Kulish |  Ukraine | Serhiy Kulish |
| --. Kim Hyeon-jun |  South Korea | Han Jin-seop |
| --. Odd Arne Brekne |  Norway | Are Hansen |
| --. Niccolò Campriani |  Italy | Niccolò Campriani |
| American Continental Championships 2014 - 1 |
| --. Alexander Molerio |  Cuba | Alexander Molerio |
| World Cup 3 2015 ISSF - 2 |
| --. Hui Zicheng | China | Hui Zicheng |
| --. Ole Kristian Bryhn | Norway | Ole Kristian Bryhn |
| World Cup 5 2015 ISSF - 2 |
| --. Toshikazu Yamashita |  Japan | Toshikazu Yamashita |
| --. Yuriy Yurkov |  Kazakhstan | Yuriy Yurkov |
| World Cup 6 2015 ISSF - 2 |
| --. Andre Link |  Germany | Andre Link |
| --. Alexis Raynaud |  France | Alexis Raynaud |
| European Games 2015 - 1 |
| --. Valérian Sauveplane | France | Valérian Sauveplane |
| Pan American Games 2015 - 1 |
| --. Matthew Emmons |  United States | George Norton |
| European Championships 2015 - 3 |
| --. Stevan Pletikosić |  Serbia | Milenko Sebić |
| --. Daniel Brodmeier | Germany | Michael Janker |
| --. Gernot Rumpler |  Austria | Gernot Rumpler |
| World Cup 7 2015 ISSF - 2 |
| --. Fedor Vlasov |  Russia | Fedor Vlasov |
| --. Chain Singh |  India | Chain Singh |
| Oceania Championships 2015 - 1 |
| --. William Godward |  Australia | Dane Sampson |
| African Championships 2015 - 1 |
| --. Hamada Talat |  Egypt | Hamada Talat |
| Asian Olympic Qualifying Tournament 2016 - 3 - 2 |
| Exchanged | India | Sanjeev Rajput |
| Sanjeev Rajput secured a second quota place for India in the men's 50 m rifle positions, but the slot was occupied by Gagan Narang as a double starter based on his cumulative scores at the national selection trials. As a result, the NRAI decided to exchange it with an additional men's trap spot, which was awarded to Manavjit Singh Sandhu. |
| Exchanged |  Qatar | Vitalij Dovgun |
| Qatar secured a quota place in the men's 50 m rifle 3 positions at the 2016 Asian Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Delhi, but the Qatar Olympic Committee chose to exchange it with an additional spot in the men's skeet instead based on performances throughout the qualifying period. The slot was occupied by five-time Olympian and London 2012 bronze medalist Nasser Al-Attiyah. |
| --. Napis Tortungpanich |  Thailand | Napis Tortungpanich |
| Additional |
| Exchange of quota places - 1 |
| --. Jan Lochbichler |  Switzerland | |
| Two shooters secured quota places (won by Petra Lustenberger and Jasmin Michler) for Switzerland in the women's rifle events, but both of these places were occupied by Nina Christen as a double starter. Therefore, the Swiss Olympic Association decided to exchange one of them with the men's 50 m rifle three positions, which was awarded to Jan Lochbichler. |
| Tripartite Comission Invitation - 1 |
| --. Hamed Said Al-Khatri |  Oman | |
| Athletes qualified in other events - 20 |
| --. Dane Sampson | Australia | |
| --. Alexander Schmirl | Austria | |
| --. Illia Charheika |  Belarus | |
| --. Yury Shcherbatsevich | Belarus | |
| --. Cassio Rippel |  Brazil | |
| --. Anton Rizov |  Bulgaria | |
| --. Petar Gorša |  Croatia | |
| --. Reinier Estpinan | Cuba | |
| --. Filip Nepejchal |  Czechia | |
| --. István Péni |  Hungary | |
| --. Peter Sidi | Hungary | |
| --. Gagan Narang | India | |
| --. Pourya Norouziyan |  Iran | |
| --. Marco de Nicolo | Italy | |
| --. Kim Jong-hyun | South Korea | |
| --. Sergey Kamenskiy | Russia | |
| --. Milenko Sebić | Serbia | |
| --. Oleh Tsarkov | Ukraine | |
| --. Daniel Lowe | United States | |
| --. Julio Iemma |  Venezuela | |
| Total - 44 shooters. |
